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Commercial.

PUBLIC COMPANIES

Home Commercial and Produce HONGKONG & SHANGHAI,

BANKING CORPORATIÓN.

Markets.

July 17.

EXTRAORDINÁRY MEETINGS.

THE HON KONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1914.

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ARTICLE. 76,-* General 'Meetings shall be held once in

every year, at such time and

place in the Colony as may be

prescribed by the Company in 、eneral Meeting and if no such time or place is prescribed, then at such time and place an may be determined by the bcourt, and unless and until otherwise pescribed or peter- "mined as freesid a Gen- oral Meeting shall be held in the month of February in every year."

ARTICLE 77.—“ The General,

BANKS

BANKS

T/T

Selling

+1/1056

*EXCHANGE

INTERNATIONAL BANKING HONGKONG & SHANGHAI Demand 1/109/18

CORPORA-30 ds .................. BANKING

"ORPORATION,

Head Office-60, Wall Street, New York, London Omezigd, Dishopagati, K.C

'BRANCHES :---

Bombay

Calcutta

Kobe MALER

Cinco

Merlos

Нарани

Colon

Pokus

San Francisco

25

Yokos

Ceb

Empire Hangrong Нико

The Open market rate for short | NOTICE OF, ORDINARY AND loans is 13 per cent., and discount, of four months' Lank bills 25-16 10.236 per cent. Owing princip ally to the weakness of the Obina

~OT CÉ IS HEREBY GIVEN Exchange silver has receded, bars

ORDINARY being now quoted 275gd. par oz. HALF-YEARLY MEETING of In the Rubber Share market ap the SHAREHOLDERS 1. this improvement has to be recorded, Corporation will be held at the this being principally due to the City Hall, Hongkong, on SATUR-į“ preceding Artie o shall be called per notum, or for shorter periods, at rates, which

that

the

better tone in the commodity DAY, the 22nd day of August, market. The meetings have been 1914, at Noon, for the purpose of] held of the British North Borneo receiving the Report of the Court Company and Cowie Harbour of Directors together with a Coal Company. In Chios Tea a Statement of Accounts to 30th quiet business is passing, rates June, 1914, and for the confirma- being steady. Coffee has sold tion of the election of Directors,

AND NOTICE is hereby also

THE REGISTER OF SHARES readily at firmer prices. Sugar of the

Corporation will be has been quiet but steady. CLOSED from MONDAY, the Singapore Pepper is quiet, but 10th August, to SATURDAY, the firm, and White Pepper dull and 22nd August, 1914, both days inactive. Rice is steady, with a inclusis 6 during which period fairly good business passing, no. Transfer of Shares can be Manila Hemp bas ruled quiet, registered. sad prices are barely steady. Plantation Rubber he been quiet, but firm, First Latex Crepe being quoted at 28. 3d. por Ib., and Smoked Sheet 28. 44. per lb. Fine Hard Peza is 2 1014. per Ib. Straits Tin is £143 15. to 6144 54, for oseb, and £145 5a to £145 15. for three months.

CONSIGNEES

PACIFIO MAIL STEAMSH? COMPANY.

FROM SAN FRANCISCO, JAPAN PORTS AND MANILA.

8.8. "CHINA"

The above mentioned vessel having arrived consignees of cargo are hereby notified to send in their bills of lading for coun- tersignature and take immediate ́delivery of cargo from a'ongeido, Cargo impeding discharge will bo landed immediately atconsignees' risk and expense.

Cargo remaining on board Thursday, August 6th, 1914, at noon will be subject to landing charges and if undelivered Mo - day August 10 1914 at n on will be subject to both landing and storage charges.

No Fire Insurance whatever will be effected.

All chafed and otherwise dam aged cargo will be examined at

given that at the same place and on the same day at Noon or so

soon afterwards as he Ordinary

Half-Yearly Meeting shall be concluded

an'

Extraord nary Meeting of the Shareholders in this Corporation wil be held when the subjoined Resolutions will be proposed an Extraordinary Resolutions:-

(1) That the Directors of the Shanghaf Hongkong ad Banking Corporation be and they are bor by requested and au horised by and on ba- half of the shareholders of the Company to take the steps neceвBhry to apply for the introduction of an Or- dinance into the Legislative Council of the Clony of Hongkong supplemental to The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Ordinance 1866, and the enactment of the sanie by the Governor of Hong- long with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof to effect the amendment of Section 20 of The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Ordinance, 1866, here- after set out with such modifications (if any) as they' 'may think fit and to accept. Buch Ordinance if and when -enacted.

The following is the the amend-

the above Company's godownment above referred to: The Monday August 10th 1914, at 10 deletion from Section 20 of the No claim will be entertained said Ordinance of the words, unless accompanied by short de-To take and accept any lande.

livery note or list of exceptione

taken at the time of delivery to

consignees and signed for and on

behalf of the Pacifio Mail SS Co.

All clairne must be filed on or before September 3rd, 1914, other- wise they will not be recognized R. C. MORION

Agent. Hongkong, August 3rd, 1914. “

NOTICEა

·

SPECIAL ARMY ORDER.

War Office, 7th August, 1914. PARDON FOR DESERTERS.

H.M. The King h‐s b-en grac-| lou-ly pleased to approve of par dons being granted to soldies who were in a state of desertion from

houses, or other real or personal

CL

property in satisfaction, liquida-

"

"

Meetings mentioned in the last Ordinary Meet ngs."

ARTICLE 78. A other General

Meetings shall be called Extraordinary Meet. ings,,

(e) That Artiolo 90 be altered by inse ting and adopting after the word *halding" in line five th reof the words "or representing by proxy" and by striking out at the end pftnes-id Article the words "present in person."

(f) That the

Capkald Surplus

Gold 7,800,000

equal myths** EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKINO BUSI NESS transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened on" the DEPOSITS RECEIVED, Bred for one c

May be ascertained or application

BILLS NEGOTIATED COLLECTED, MAIL and TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES made

LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS_svented

on all the principal cities in the World

THE HANE'S CIRCULAS LETTERS OF CREDIT are avalable all over the World

DOMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT

taped

PURCHASE and SALE of Stocks in Shares

anciad

TRAVELLERS CHECKS sold and cashed.'

GEORGE HINA,

Manager.

Queen's Road, Hongkong Hongkong, 1st Nov. 1912

THE

following YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

words beaded to Article 94: The Court may "from time to time pay "to

the Shareholders "such interim divi, ends 88 appear to be just- "ified by the peaition of -“the Com” **qil (g) That

t

tollowing words be struck out of the first three and a half, lines of Article 174, namely, the words "Half-

LIMITED.

Established 1880. Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 30,000,000 Paid-up Capital ....

18,000,000 Reserve Fund......

"

Head Office.-YOKOHAMA.

Branches

Antung Halo Bs. bay Calcutta

Changchun Dairen

Fengrien

Harbin

Kaba

„ÁGONÇÍLL M Nara

Newebwagg

New York"

Oska

Pekia'

Ryolas (Port

Arthur

San Frances

Shanghai

Tielleg

Yo-Yox

Tintain

Load s

Tokyo

Lyoon

Los Angeles

Tilga

Talost

Interest Allowed on Current Acconas.

TION.

4 m/s ................................1/10 3/4"

Paid-up Capital.....$15,000,000 DD Shanghai ... 75

RESERVE FUNDS:

Sterling

£1,500,000 at 21-

$15,000,000 Silver...$17,650,000

T/T: Marka sesiesinn - Nom.Demand Germany

DDranda

Private 30 dis sight 757 Nom,

D/D Singapore 8014

DD Japan. 9132 | F/T India *

Domand India ......140 T/T Bnbay... $32,650,000 Demand Bombay,...14034 Reserve Liability

T/T Calcutta Proprietors .835,000,000 | Demand Calcutta...1404

·COURT OF DIREUTORS. Demand Manila...... 92 Hon. Mr. D. Landale.-Chairman, T/T. San Fou & N.Y. W. L. Pattenden, Esq. Deputy Demand, New York 454

Chairman.

D.D. Java

8. H. Dodwell, Esq. G. T. M. Edkins, Esq,

C. 8. Gubbay, Esq.

P. H. Holyoak, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E. Shellim,

CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong-N. J. Stabh

ACTING MANAGER. Shanghai-J, D. Smart, London Bankers-London.ca

County and Westminster Limited.

Hongkong-Interest Allowed:

On Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent per annum on the daily balance

ON FIXED DEPOSITS. For 3 months. 24 per cent per

annum.

For 6 months., 31 per cent pe.

........113 Subsidiary Coins. Discount per $100 :| Chinese...20 cts. plocas 10.

Chinese...10 Hongkong.30 Hongkong.10

On Haiphong of em On Saigon 61/8 On Bangkok

4 m/s, LIO

Buying.

...11 fe

m/s. D'P......1/11.8/3

6 m/s. L/O ..................1/11 13

30d/é.S'ney &M, -1111/2 30 dis.San F'ec&N.Y..

4 m/s. Marke .................

4mla. Franc....

6 m/sau

Gold Leaf per tael.. 957.40 Sovereign

res

BarSilver, ready...27

forward

Bank of England rata

10.30

Opium Quotations.

July 17

Malwa, New$8,300 per, p

Malwa, Old

8,300

$11

Patna, New

9.325 per che

Patna, Old,

*9,100

3 6

Benares, Now... 9,030

Bepares, Ok......... 8,25

TO-DAY'S SHARE REPORT

S-SELLERS ·SA-SALES

Sroczi & Paid Uỷ Value. BANKI

CLOSING

O'TION $852 s.

£841-

$50 31734 b.

Hongkong & S'hai #125'-

MARINE INSURANCES, Cantons North China

Uniona

For 12 months, 4 per cent per Yangtases

£5 T142 b.

$100 $795 b.

£50 $194

aunumi.

annum,

A. G. STEPHEN, Acting Chief Manager.

FIRE INSURANCES. China Fires Hongkong Fires

year ending the 30th "June and the 31st. "December, shall make a general Half-Yearly." and that the following words be adopted and sub tituted therefor :- "Yoar ending the 31st day December shall "make a General." (h) That the word "Half " be struck out of the 18th line of Article 174 and THE CHARTERED BANK OF also out of the 6th line

INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND of Article 175.

CHINA.

Deposita received for fixed perioda at salas to be HONGKONG SAVINGS BANE alded on application.

(i) That the word "twice" ** the .and the words

30th day of June and 4 be struck out of lines and 5. f Art cle 176 and

that the word once" be ad pted and substituted for the word twice" in the fourth line thereof. (j) 1 hat the words " or the Ordinary Half-Yearly" and the words "as the case may be "be struck out of lines 10 and 11 of Article 177. Should the Second Resolution

EISHIONO, Manager, April, 1913.

Hongkong, 6th

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1858.

[18

HEAD OFFICE.-LONDON.

*HE Business of the above THEB is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION Rules may be obtained on ap plication.

$20 $155 $50 $398 SHIPPING, China & Manillas $25 $8) Douglas Steamship $50 $31 b.

Steamboats

Indo-Chinas

(Preferred) (Deferred)

*Shell " Transports £1

$15 $2716 6.

25.356 b.

[80/-

£11

sa.

b.

"Star Ferry

{ $10 $46

REFINERIES

INTEREST on deposits is al- lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $3 per cent. per an-China Sugars Luzon Sugars

Пит

Depositors may transfer at their

MINING:

$100. 377 $100 $28

Paid-up Capital.£1,200,000 option balances of $100 or more Reserve Fund.....£1,800,000 to the Hongkong and Shanghai Chinese Engineerings £137/6 Reserve Liability of

Bank to be placed on FIXED Proprietora .......£1,200,000 DEPOSIT «t 4 per cent, per Tronohs

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business trans- aoted,

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ed and FIXED DEPOSITS”, re- ceived for 1 year or shorter periods

"tion, or payment of any debt be passed by the required meat rates which will be quoted on

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sequently convened. Directors.

"By Order of the Court of

Win. DICKSON,

Managor. Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. [2

absolutely and bona fide priority, it will be submitted for viously due and owing to the con rmation as a special Resolu- application Company, and a so to take any tion to a Second Extraordinary Mortgage or other lion or char Meeting which will be sub- ge on real or personal property as a security for any monien actu-lly and bona fide pre- "viously due to the Company or for which any person may have rendered himself liabe to the "Company, and to hold such "landa, houses and other real and personal property respec- tively for such reasonable time

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as may be nece sary for selling

A. G. STEPHEN, Acting Chief Manager. Hongkong 21st July, 1913.

PUBLIC COMPANIES

and disposing of and converting 5.5. **TINGSANG” (Wrecked)

the same into money," and the

** substitution, therefor of the

following worde: To take, SHIPPERS and Underwriters

interested in the cargo of

ac, ept, enforce, release, realise, this steamer are requested to

THE

NOTICES

CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD.

(Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.)

"or deal with any security now communicate with the Under-Loans on Mortgage of House Pro-

held or which may hereafter be signed within three months from perty, &o. "held by the Company, for any date:

monies owing or to become, owing to the Company, or for any liabilities incurred or to be

GII MAN & Co.

Lloyd's Agents

incurred towards or by the THE HONGKONG, CANTON & Company by way of mortgage, MACAO STEAMBOAT Co., Ltd. pledge, hypothecation, deposit

or otherwise howsoever of every "kind of property or rights."

the Regular Forces on the 5th August, 1914, and who surrer d'r themselves in the United King- dom on or before the 4th Septem-" ber, 1914, or st any atst on abroad where there are Regular Fo ces on or before the 4th October. They will forfeit alle rvice prior to the date of surrender but such service may subsequei tly be restored under the conditions laid down in the Kings Regulations for restoration of service forfeited under Section 79 of the Army Act. Deserters who enlist between the 5th August, 1914, and 4th October, 1914, both days inclusive, in any Col nial Corps which may have! been or may be placed at the disposal of the Imperial Govern- mant for the War, will be granted' a free pardon, and at the ex- piration of their service in such Corps. will not be claimed for further service in the Regular} Forces of the United Kingdom. They will, however, forfeit all service rendered in the Re, ulari Forces of the United Kingdom,| prior to the date of such enlist- ment. The provisions of this order will not be applied to m-n who have fraudulently or im- properly onlisted.

By Command of the Army Council

R. H. BRADE.

BAZAAR IN AID OF FLOOD

BE RELIEF FUND

HB Committee

(2) That the Deed of Settlement NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

of the Company be altered in manner following:-

(a) Tha: to foll wing words

be struck out of lines two AN INTERIM "IVIDEND OF FIFTY CEN IS per share

annum.

For the Hongkong and Shang- hai Banking Corporation,

A.G. STEPHEN, Acting Chief Manager.

DEUTS

EUTSCH ASIATISCHE

Capital Fully

BANK.

Paid-up...Sh. Taels 7,500,000 Head Office.--Shanghai. Board of Directors-Berlín. Branches: Berlin Calcutta Canton Hamburg Hankow Kobe Peking Singapore Tientsin Trinanfu Tsingtan Yokohama.

น

LONDON BANKERS: Mosam. N. M. Rothschil & Bons The Union of London and Smith's

Bank, Limited' Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London Agenov. Direction der Disconto Gesell schaft. Goods received on Storage.

Dresdner Bank. Advances made on Merchandise:

INTEREST allowed on Current Loans made on the Provident

Account. DEPOSITS received System. (Rates and Particulars on ap-on terms which may be learned

-plication)...

on application. Every description The Offce of

of Banking and Exchange busi. TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR OF ness transaoted...

WILLS, ATTORNEY, &cs, Undertaken. and Executed.

MAX GUTSCHKE Manager. 12

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. Hongkong, 9th Oct., 1911.

General Managers. Hongkong. 19th March, 1908

and three of Articles 56. for the Six Months ending 30th namely, the words "for not June, 1914, will be PAYABLE on ox sed.ng fifteen daya FRIDAY: 14th AUGUST, 1914, P before and soven days after on which diste Dividend Warrants every ordinary Meeting" may be obtained on application at and that the following the Company's Office

words be adopted and The TRANSFER BOOKS of substituted therefor the Company will be CLOSED Damely during such from Tuesday 4th August to Fri- time as the Court thinks day 14th August (both days in fit, not excee ing in the clusive), during which period no whole thirty days in each Transfer of Shares can be "egis year."

tered. (b)"That the following

By order of the Board of Drès- words be struck out of tors, the last line of Article

mitten solloit the aid Computo, and will be pleased to receive gifts of articles of any description for the above.

LAU CHU PAK. WEEKLY Chairman

runkkaanzaro Bogdano Chinese Chamber of Commerce, 32, Des Your Road Central,

56. narely, after the

a

BAK TEAMWA

LIMITED

TOPOMATES,

.CO

WEEK DAYE":

4.00 4. Erkan 19:15, 5:00 AMŰSO 1:00 AM, DF 10:00 ALL || 110.00 8.30, DO 11:00 2,36

·73 Blo

需

Big FM. to

*+5

F

to

1.45 $ H

H

NIGHT CARS.

12. and a 2.3. 8:40 730)

23:00 DČIJ, Avory half hour

JOHN ARNOLD, “

Aot ng Becretary.

Meeting ad that the Hongkong, 28th July, 1914.

following words be adopiedad substituted therefor, namely, after the re-opening of the Register "RAD

(0) Thit Articles 76,

-and 78.be --- ncelled. (d) - That--the --+ following-

Articlei, bejadopted and subst tuted for Articles 76. 77 and 78, namely

NOTICE

E hava alose our Retail Business until further

"F.BLACKHEAD & Co.

svity quarter of an hour.

BUNDAVI

"TAB 2,1; 10: 10-30 5:16. Evker sy slim.

· RIGHT, CANH as on Wash Dessi

CARE

By, Arrangmenté at the Company'@Dilon,

£1 26/3 Raubs

£1 63 DOCKS, WHARTES, GODOWAS Kowloon Wharfs $50 $85 HK.&W'poa Dooks 850 | 863- Shanghai Docks T. 100 T. 55 b., Hongkow Wharfa T. 100 T. 91 b. LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDING Anglo-French Lands T.100 T94 H'kong Central E'tes $100 $103 sa.

b. Hongkong Hotels $50 $128 Hongkong Lands $100 8116 B. Humphreys Estates $10 $72 Kowloon Lands $30′ 844 Bhanghai Lands T. 30 T. 92

West Points $50-$71

CUSTOM MILLE

MISCELLANEOUS.

T. 50 T. 137

b.

T, 123

T. 84

T. 1214 b.

Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 (P. 8:

EWOB Shanghai Cottons Laon Kung Mow Kung Yik Hongkong Cottons $10 $72 b. $11 b. China-Borneos $18 Light and Powers $101

$4.90 B. Do. (8peo, sharon) 81 f China Providents $10 88

$6 $389. Dairy Farms Green Islands 10 $6.60 b. Hongkong Electrics $10 643 Hongkong Ices $25 $215 98. Hongkong Ropes

$10 825

Langkata

B.

b.

10. E. 48

$25 $20 Peak Tramway $10 $10

$1 90 cts. 8. Do. (now) Hongkong Electric Trams 11/6

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF Morning Post

INDIA, LIMITED. Authorised Ospital......£1,500,000 Subscribed

1,125,000 562,500 465,000 Philippines

Paid Up Reserve Fund.

#

BANKERS:

Bank of England. London Joint Stock Baur, Limited;

Every description of Exchange business transacted,

Interest allowed on Current Ac- counts at 2 per cent per annum

$10-$5

H. Price & Co., Ld. $10 - 46,

Pro-

Bociate

des ferred Pulpeset

$50.1 20

Papeteries paid dn Tonkin up $80

Benefit $200/ Shanghai-Sumatras T. 20 T.150 Steam Laundry $5 United Asbestos)

on Daily Balance and on Fixed Oriental Agenoy, $10 $93% b.

Deposits at rates which may be ascertained on application.

a

$10 $300

United Asbestos) Founders Shares] R LINTON

Union Waterbost

o Manager,

$10 $18) b.

Welsmann, Ltd. $10 220

THE WALEXANDRA CAFE Cannot be Beaten, if Equalled. Watson For Bread, Cakes, Confectionery William Powall, Ltd.

and meals with Wines & Liquor

- BUYERS · N-NOVIVAL

1499 DIVIDED AND

£2&5-b.atex 1/11 3/16)

'equal to $23.29 for year ending 31/12/13°

Final of $3 a/o 1917, In-7 terim of 618 afo 1913 Final of 1 p.o. making

*p.c. for 1912 Final of $20 making $50 * for 1913. and Interim

of $30 for 1913. Final of 812 mak.615 for

19 2&Int.of83 for 1913,

$10 for 1912-

$27 for 1912

$1 for 1905

$2.50 for year end'g30′6′19 Finn) of $1 for half) year ending $11213.). 3 % Interim ale year 1913 on preferred shares

Final of 5

making

7 for 1919 Coupon

No. 22.

$1.70 per share and bonus of 30 cents per sbar for year ending 30'4'19

$3 for 1912 $3 for 1897

Interim of 5% Coupon No. 3 Becount of year end: ing 10.6.14

Lat. of 1/6 mak. 6/6 a/c.1959

1/2 for 1909

$3.50 for year 1913

$3 for 1913

Tls. 3 for 1912

Interim of Tls 3 for 1913

"Tia. 6:29′3:10′′

First year

$7 on old shares, "$3.50)

on

new shares for year 31*12*13

$314 for 14 year ending.

90-6.14

50 cents for 1913

$2,80 for 1913

Interim of 5.p.c.for

yearending 30′6′′13 $2,00 }" for year ending 30.6 14

15 per cent for 1910 Te. 15 for year

ear ending 31°10'13

Tis. 10 for year end-

ing 30'6'19

T.12for year end'g31′12′′13 Tis. 1or year er ling

30'Lİ 13.

50 cents 31.7.09

$1.20 for 1913

70-cents for 1918

$1.30 for year end'g 81'71) 40 cents for 1911

$1.85 per share for 1919 Interim of $2) 85 1914

$2 for 1913

fInterim of Tis. "1. Ling Tia. 2 s/o 1919- Модо 80 cents on fully paid] shares and 8 cents on $1 paidshares for year ending 30.4.14.

Final of 6d. making 7 di per share for 1919, None

$1.50 for 1910

None

No dividend this year 35 ots for year end'g31

(20 per cent. per on!

share for years, 815-1912

$1.25 per sharer OT YALE)

ending 3112

25 per cent

ending

70 cents for 1913